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| Title | Article: Virginia Beavert Keeping Sahaptin Language Alive |
| Body | From http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/02/20/virginia-beavert-keeping-sahaptin-language-alive There are only about 200 or so remaining Sahaptin speakers, and there may never be another as fluent as 88-year-old Virginia Beavert. But Sahaptin, a general term for the language that includes the Yakama dialect, will live on. Beavert herself has assured that with the Ichishkiin Sinwit Yakama/Yakima Sahaptin Dictionary, which will be released next month by the University of Washington Press. The translation dictionary, which she co-wrote with University of Washington linguistics professor Sharon Hargus, comes with a CD of Beavert pronouncing 9,830 Sahaptin words and phrases. Read the full article at http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/02/20/virginia-beavert-keeping-sahaptin-language-alive |
| Source | Yakima Herald |
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